Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo

 

This glamorous mystery woman got her start at 17. She was an actress at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic School. Mauritz Stiller, a film director, saw her there and cast her as the Countess Elizabeth Dohna. He also changed her name from Greta Gustafsson to  Greta Garbo. With this name she became a star. She had an intensity and unique insight that set her apart on and off the screen. During WWII she was employed by British Intelligence to track down Nazi sympathizers. The film directors tried to hide the fact that she wasn't in Hollywood. *Interestingly enough around that time Sophia Loren's mom was asked to move from Italy to Hollywood to play Greta Garbo's body double but turned down the offer.

She came back to her movie career without skipping a beat and in 1954 she received a Honorary Academy Award for her amazing on screen performances.

She was in a total of 28 films in about 20 years then disappeared from the eyes of Hollywood.

On the 23rd of September 2005, her 100th birthday, she was pictured on a 35 cent USA commemorative stamp.  She might have been out of sight but was never out of mind. 

 

 

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Grace Kelly

 

Most know Grace Kelly as an actress and style Icon. It's true, she starred in 29 films most of which were directed by Alfred Hitchcock, but there is a bit more to this inspirational Princes.

Grace came from a family that was no stranger to the spotlight. Here father earned his recognition by winning three gold medals as an Olympic sculler. Her mother was the first coach of the woman's athletic department at the University of Pennsylvania. It's no wonder Grace herself was the first actress to be issued on a US stamp in 1993. She was also awarded a medal by the Austrian government for helping to aid refugees from Hungary, trying to escape invasion from Russia. 

 

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http://movies.allwomenstalk.com/interesting-facts-about-grace-kelly/10/

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Carole Lombard

 

 

The woman who had it all, beauty, brains, and blue language.

For someone who lived only 33 years she sure left behind quite a legacy. 

 

Carole was discovered by a director who saw her (age 12) out in the street playing baseball with her older brothers. He must have known he found a star. She became the highest paid female star of her time earning about $500,000 per year and; was listed No. 23 of 50 Greatest American Female Screen Legends by American Film Institute in 1999.

 

Carole was just as impressive off screen as she was on screen. She raised $2 million in war bonds to help fight WWII during a rally in her home town. Unfortunately her dedication to help the war efforts brought her life to an early end. She was honored by Franklin D. Roosevelt as the first woman killed in the line of duty during WWII. Her family was given her Presidential Medal of Freedom award and a liberty ship was named after her.

 

Her talent, style and patriotism is timeless and inspirational.

 

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